New York Yankees designated hitter Alex Rodriguez celebrates with teammates after the Yankees defeated the New York Mets 6-4 in a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Sunday, April 26, 2015. New York Yankees catcher John Ryan Murphy is at left. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) ORG XMIT: NYY119 less

New York Yankees designated hitter Alex Rodriguez celebrates with teammates after the Yankees defeated the New York Mets 6-4 in a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Sunday, April 26, 2015. New York ... more

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NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 26: Curtis Granderson #3 of the New York Mets connects on a solo home run in the first inning against the New York Yankees on April 26, 2015 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 538578159 less

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If the New York Mets had arrived at Yankee Stadium intent on showing that their 11-game winning streak was no illusion, that they had bid adieu to bad baseball and below-.500 finishes, then they made a bold statement:

The so-called Dark Knight delivered a command performance on Saturday, shutting down the Yankees. But virtually everything else was rendered darkly comedic for the Mets.

The Yankees pummeled pitcher Jacob deGrom on Friday; then, in a 6-4 loss Sunday night, the Mets committed four errors in the field and a blunder on the basepaths, short-circuiting any opportunity they might have had.

Alex Rodriguez, who hit his 659th home run, leaving him one shy of tying Willie Mays for fourth on baseball's career home run list, also doubled during a four-run second as the Yankees jumped out early and turned the game over to their reliable-as-the-sunrise bullpen.

Michael Cuddyer's second-inning throw from the left-field corner surely killed any worms that stuck their heads out of the outfield grass on its way toward second base. But at least his throw went toward its intended target.

The Mets' infield nearly went around the horn with errors: Third baseman Eric Campbell, shortstop Wilmer Flores and second baseman Daniel Murphy each committed one. Campbell's error was not even his most egregious lapse. That came when he reached in the sixth on a fielder's choice. When Wilmer Flores hit a lazy fly ball to right field, Campbell took off and rounded second, heading toward third. By the time he realized there was only one out, it was far too late for him to avoid being doubled off first.

"When you make as many mistakes as we did today, you're not going to beat a good team," Cuddyer said. "Look, you're going to have ugly games, and unfortunately, this was one of them."

After the Mets had clipped the Yankees' lead to 5-4 and chased Nathan Eovaldi in the fifth, Murphy bungled a potential double-play ball in the bottom of the inning. That set the stage for the Yankees to push across their final run.

"In a game like this, you can't make those kinds of mistakes," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "It was just a bad night — just a bad night for us."

The Yankees wcommitted two errors. One, by shortstop Stephen Drew, was on a throw to the plate that skipped away from catcher John Ryan Murphy just as Cuddyer was sliding home. But Drew atoned with a slick behind-the-back flip out of his glove to force Daniel Murphy out at second.

The Yankees also turned two double plays to short-circuit Mets rallies.

While the Mets and the Yankees battled to win this unusually early series between the crosstown rivals, Rodriguez's at-bats were events unto themselves.

Since hitting two home runs against Tampa Bay nine days earlier, closing in on Mays' mark — and on a claim to a $6 million bonus for reaching it — Rodriguez had slumped. Before Sunday's game, he had just three hits in 24 at-bats since then, though he had walked nine times.

"I don't concern myself with power," Rodriguez said before the game. "I just focus on one at-bat at a time, the same approach my whole career. I feel like when I'm swinging at strikes and I take my walks, it's always a good sign,"

Jeff Pentland, the Yankees' hitting coach, added: "He's just a hair anxious. He's going out and getting in front a little bit. He just needs to wait for the ball to come to him a bit. He'll figure it out."

Rodriguez, who struck out twice on Saturday against Harvey figured it out quickly on Sunday. He drove a 1-0 pitch from Mets lefty Jon Niese to right-center field. As outfielders Juan Lagares and Curtis Granderson gave chase, the ball hit off the top of the outfield wall and landed in the Yankees' bullpen.

Rodriguez doubled in a run in his next at-bat, one of three extra-base hits the Yankees had against Niese in their four-run second.